ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,500, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).
"Pulsed neutron logging mineralogy using oxide standards" was invented by Mayir Mamtimin (Houston), Jeffrey James Crawford (Houston) and Weijun Guo (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The techniques as described herein enhance the accuracy and precision of mineralogy analysis in elemental spectroscopy logging by utilizing oxide standards and/or rock-forming mineral compounds as reference materials that provide more representative and realistic signatures of geological formations. A method comprises logging a wellbore with a tool and fitting refere...